EP0326778A3 - Method to facilitate a reply to electronic meeting invitation in an interactive multi-terminal system employing electronic calendars - Google Patents

Method to facilitate a reply to electronic meeting invitation in an interactive multi-terminal system employing electronic calendars Download PDF

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EP0326778A3
EP0326778A3 EP19880480091 EP88480091A EP0326778A3 EP 0326778 A3 EP0326778 A3 EP 0326778A3 EP 19880480091 EP19880480091 EP 19880480091 EP 88480091 A EP88480091 A EP 88480091A EP 0326778 A3 EP0326778 A3 EP 0326778A3
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An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system which includes a plurality of interactive terminals which are interconnected to permit an end user at each terminal to interchange information with each other and to maintain an electronic calendar. The method facilitates the reply process to an electronic invitation to attend a meeting that is issued by one of the end users by arranging for the system to advise the invitee that a meeting notice is available for review in the "In Box" of the terminal. The method causes a composite screen to be built which simultaneously displays the meeting details and the relevant section, i.e. a day of entries, of the owner's calendar in a side by side format so that calendar entries are correlated to the meeting date and time. The composite display permits an interactive selection by the calendar owner end user of at least one option which can be either to accept the invitation and calendar the meeting or to reject the invitation. In either event a reply is automatically sent to the end user that issued the invitation and the invitee is returned to the task that was being processed when the initial message was received.
EP88480091A 1988-02-03 1988-12-06 Method to facilitate a reply to electronic meeting invitation in an interactive multi-terminal system employing electronic calendars Expired - Lifetime EP0326778B1 (en)

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